I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.
Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
Make a list of your current wants and desires. Next to each, put down what benefit or payoff there would be when you achieve it. Look at this list often throughout the day and before retiring at night.
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.
You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.
Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
The panther prowled around me in a loose, wide circle. Its mouth turned down, almost in a pout, and it seemed disappointed that I wasn't going to run away. Or scream, at the very least. Its tail, which was at least three feet long, twitched back and forth in what seemed to be annoyance. Or maybe anticipation. I didn't know. I'd always been more of a dog person. I cleared my throat, and the panther stopped and flicked up one of its rounded ears. Listening. "Um, nice kitty?
It's never a waste of time or money to invest in yourself, no matter the source. True wealth begins inwards and emits its light outward into everything else, including the people you surround yourself with.
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.
If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.